Chapter 13 "Attached To My Enemy" by marauderyears
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to it, J.K Rowling does.
NOTE: I fixed Chapter 11, thank you to everyone who informed me of this mess-up. When I first posted it, it was fine, but somehow the entire story got cut off. Go figure. Sorry if I confused anyone with this problem.
Thanks to; sweetsoutherngal, shortie522, Kim, turquoiseBliss, invisible2u, angryteabag, ThelovelyladyLily, starburstsweetie, geckaclark, Book Lover990
Reader4ever- To answer your questions:
At first I was going to show Sirius' reaction to the rude man just to remind the readers that he is still there, but than I decided against showing Sirius' reaction. So I started to delete the sentence, than I got distracted and forgot to erase "Sirius". Sorry about that, but thanks for pointing it out. I did go back and fix it as not to confuse anyone.
About "Underneath It All"… I have no idea when I'm going to update it. I'm suffering from Writer's Block on that story and I can't get a hold of my betas so that they can help me… I'm focusing my concentration on this story because I've got so many ideas for it. So I'm not going to work on Underneath It All until I finish this story up or until I can think of any good ideas for U.I.A.
She-Who-Must-Not-Named- Wow, that's something I didn't think anyone would notice. I didn't even notice it. No, I don't have a beta for this story. Every time I have a beta, they end up taking forever to e-mail me back with the edited version of the chapter, so I don't bother with them anymore. Thanks for pointing that out.
Amandinka- I'm so sorry if you thought that the color of the dress was cliché. I did too. But the problem is that this party is a Christmas party, so red or green dress robes would be the most appropriate, right? And I really don't think red would compliment Lily's hair, so I went with green.
LilyEvansPotter1- LOL, WOW! I loved your review! And I update as fast as I can because I know what it's like to be attached (ignore the pun) to a story and wait for months on end for an update!
Hawaiian-Rachael- No, that's it with the shopping. Next chapter is going to be the Party.
James' POV
"Lily, the guests are arriving. Are you about ready, we're supposed to greet them."
I turned back around to see Lily putting on her make-up. Not that she needed it anyhow. She's so beautiful…
"Alright, I'm ready."
Lily and I descended the grand staircase together. I felt so lucky having her on my arm. It's almost like she's my date… Never-mind the fact that we're stuck together and therefore she has to walk everywhere with me.
I saw my mum and dad look up and smile at us. I nervously reached up to touch my hair, but I felt Lily pull my hand back down.
"No, no James." She whispered with a small smile on her face.
We reached the bottom of the staircase and both headed over to my parents.
"James, honey, don't you look handsome?" My mum said, embarrassing me as usual.
My mum turned to Lily and said, "Lily darling, you look gorgeous."
Gorgeous was an understatement. She was… beautiful? No, that is also an understatement. There are no words to describe how beautiful she looks. Heck, she always looks beautiful.
The strapless dress she's wearing was the perfect shade of green that really matched her eyes. That's the first thing I noticed about it. The dress didn't go to low on her chest, but it was still low to show off her figure. My face heated up just thinking about it. The dress elegantly fluffed out just a bit at her waist giving it a very nice traditional look.
Her hair was gracefully put up into a bun with a few curly hairs falling out. She was also wearing matching gloves that went up to her elbow. Overall, it was a breathtaking view.
She thanked my mum, blushing. I eyed the large crowd of people, all whom were talking, drinking, eating… I spotted Remus, Sirius, and Peter over in a corner and they waved us over. I led Lily over to them.
"Wow, Lily-"
"You look hot-"
"-very pretty, Lily."
The three of them all said at once. For some reason I felt my stomach twist uncomfortably as I watched my best friends (technically just Sirius) flirt with Lily. Remus had more tact and Peter knew better than to hit on my girl-
Wait.
No.
She's not my girl.
She's no one's girl.
Exactly. Yup. Not my girl.
An annoyingly polite voice awoke me out of my thoughts, "James! It's great to see you again," I turned around to face the owner of this annoying voice that I knew all too well.
Henry, my second cousin on my mother's side. Henry is extremely annoying because he's so damn… nosey…and…he just annoys the crap out of me! He's a year older than me and so… "perfect" in everyone's eyes. Good grades…prefect 3 years in a row (he didn't make Headboy, I thought smugly)… I suppose if I were a girl in some way he would be attractive… I involuntarily shuddered. The good thing is that he sucks at Quidditch. Ha.
"Hello Henry," I managed to say through gritted teeth. I heard Sirius turn a laugh into a cough behind me. I'm pretty sure that Remus and Peter also found this amusing. Poor Lily looked politely puzzled
"Please, introduce me to this beautiful woman," He said smiling at Lily.
I forced a smile at him. Without taking my eyes off of him, I introduced them to each other. I scowled as Henry took Lily's hand and kissed it. This is quite customary, but Henry kissed her hand for a lot longer than was necessary.
Lily laughed nervously, "It's nice to meet you, Henry." She said awkwardly.
"Can I get you a drink?" He asked. Lily nodded and smiled at him.
I watched Henry walk off and I turned to Lily. "I'm so sorry about him. He hits on every girl I bring to these…" I stopped talking as I noticed Lily's scowl.
Lily rolled her eyes and stared at my shoes as we waited for Henry to come back. After a few very awkward moments, he finally returned.
"Would you care for a dance?" He said offering his hand.
Lily blushed. "That's very sweet, Henry. But, uhh… I already told James I'd dance with him."
I smiled smugly at Henry and led Lily off the dance floor. We danced stiffly for a few minutes. I started to relax when I noticed that Lily seemed to be enjoying herself.
"So I take it you like dancing?" I said watching her smile in delight as I spun her around me.
She nodded. "I love dancing. Not this kind of formal dancing, though. I prefer just dancing for fun with not everyone watching me. I've always wanted to dance in the rain. It looks fun. They always do it in the movies."
I nodded. "Like at the end of those cheesy, predictable romance movies?"
She laughed. "Yes. Like those cheesy, predictable romance movies."
After a few more dances, we walked out to the courtyard that the House Elves had specially decorated for this Ball.
Lily sat down on the bench and turned to me. She stared at me for a minute, making me blush. I wonder what she's thinking about me… Maybe I should ask her out. Nah. She would probably say no and than tell me a bunch of bullshit about how she only wants to be my friend.
"You're not who I thought you were."
"Err…is that a good thing?" I asked, watching her face frown in thought.
"Yes and no."
"Oh." I said, slightly disappointed.
"Yes, you're more mature and I think you're a wonderful person. But…. No because it's a lot easier to hate you than like you."
I frowned. "Why is that?"
She shrugged. "It makes life simpler."
I leaned in closer to her. "Maybe life wasn't made to be simple."
"Maybe…" She said. I closed the gap between us pressing my lips lightly over her very warm lips. I pulled back watching her reaction. She opened her mouth-
"Lily, there you are. I was hoping for a dance." Henry stopped short looking at us, "I hope I wasn't interrupting anything?" He asked.
I nodded. "Actually-"
"No." Lily said, surprising me. "James is just my friend."
"Just your friend?" I said, feeling my temper rise, "How can you say that after all we've been through?"
I noticed Henry shift uncomfortably.
She spun around glaring at me. "You know that you're only supposed to be my friend, nothing more. I've told you that before-"
"But you just said that things change-"
"Well yeah, but I didn't say that I would go out with you."
"I didn't ask you! As a matter of fact, I haven't asked you in quite awhile-" I said, feeling angry that she had not noticed.
Lily's POV
"Well thank goodness because I would rather go out with the Giant Squid than you!" I yelled back at him. Instantly I felt bad for saying such a harsh thing. I could tell that it stung him. I'm sure it brought back several very bad memories. His expression turned cold and his face went devoid of emotions.
"And the same goes for you. When was the last time anyone other than me asked you out? Everyone thinks that you are a temperamental snobby bitch. I only asked you out because I thought that you were different than that. I guess I was wrong." He said harshly.
I felt like I had been slapped in the face. This was much worse though. I felt the tears come to my eyes, but I would not cry in front of Potter!
"Well excuse me Mr. I'm-so-perfect-because-I-stay-on-a-broom! Everyone may worship the ground you walk on but they obviously don't know what a total and complete asshole you are!" I spluttered, trying to save my dignity.
We both turned in opposite directions to storm off but ended up dragging each other all the way up to my room where I shut the door on the handcuffs so that I didn't have to look at that asshole, Potter.
Fuming on the my side of the door, I finally let a few tears slip out. I heard a loud bang on the other side of the door, which sounded a lot like something hitting a wall and breaking.
I used my wand to silence the room so that I could finally let it all out. In the end, I think I cried myself to sleep. I was not as upset at what James had said, but rather upset that he was right.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me. This has been by far the longest wait for a chapter. I am so sorry about that! It's not that I have writer's block so much as it is that I haven't had any time to write a chapter. I don't like the way I wrote this chapter, but I haven't written in a long time, so please forgive me. I'm almost done with this story and I know exactly how it's going to end. Thank you everyone who has reviewed even if I wasn't able to reply, I still read every single one of them.